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lengthily
adverb as in ad nauseam
adverb as in verbosely
Example Sentences
I’m vain about my high pain tolerance, but when the doctor injected the underside of my foot, I swore so loudly and lengthily it felt like a release from all the weeks of pent-up emotion.
For his part, Bach was lengthily effusive, offering several variations on: “Today we are witnessing history.”
Indeed, a bad middle: too many drugs, too much cruising, a psychiatric hospitalization, and a lengthily covered-up affliction with AIDS.
As students trickle in, a security guard frisks them lengthily at the gate of a newly-constructed entrance tunnel shielded by concrete bollards topped with barbed wire.
Berg’s religious background — his grandfather was an esteemed rabbi — is broached but not lengthily explored.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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